Science, politics and sport…..
Science Question Time is a brilliant feature of the festival where three or four speakers take time out from participating in their own session or chilling out in the green room to answer the public’s...
View ArticleAufwiedersehen Cheltenham
Bags unpacked and a new stack of unread copies of Eureka magazine added to my collection, I look back fondly on my week at the Cheltenham Science Festival. From the beautiful scenery of the English...
View ArticleNeuroscience Symposium 2011
Ilaria Mirabile, a fourth year PhD student in neuroscience at the Institute of Neurology, MRC Prion Unit, and Savroop Bhamra, a second year PhD student at the institute, report on the UCL Neuroscience...
View ArticleTemptation in the archives
I knew before even I turned up at the wood-panelled Gustav Tuck lecture theatre that it was going to be packed. People were anxiously waiting outside the doors to see if there was any available space,...
View ArticleCycling, walking or driving – what are the risks and benefits?
Written by Rosemary Willatt, UCL Sustainability Stakeholder and Communications Coordinator. Is cycling really that dangerous compared to walking or going by car? Are the health benefits really worth...
View ArticleThe planet won’t be habitable in five years if we see five degree warming
Written by Helen Fry, Research Assistant, UCL Institute for Global Health “The planet won’t be habitable in five years if we see a five degree increase in average temperatures,” warned Professor Sir...
View ArticleGender and disasters: what causes the risk gap?
Written by Dr Joanna P Faure Walker, UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction. On Friday 8 March 2013, the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction hosted an open panel discussion on ‘Gender...
View ArticleSmoking at the Odeon: Memories of British Cinema-Going of the 1960s
What are your most vivid memories of going to the cinema? Perhaps childhood visits to see cartoons, or seeing a film on a date? A new UCL project is asking people about their experiences of...
View ArticleMirror mirror, on the wall…
Written by Georgie Chesman, Graduate Trainee in UCL Communications and Marketing. A workshop encouraging doodling and making a mess? And it’s linked to self-identity? Over 90 minutes, Belinda...
View ArticleIs my immune system normal?
Written by Maeve McMahon, who attended a lecture by Professor Arne Akbar (UCL Immunology) at the Cheltenham Science Festival, entitled ‘Is my immune system normal?’ I usually succumb to three bouts of...
View ArticleExoplanets, alien atmospheres and life, Jim…but not as we know it!
Written by David Robertson, who attended a lecture by Dr Giovanni Tinetti (UCL Physics & Astronomy) at the Cheltenham Science Festival, entitled ‘Exoplanet explorers’. 1992, was the year it hit me!...
View ArticleLive poetry is something else
Written by Stefanie van Gemert, PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at UCL. Over the past few weeks, I got to know someone special. It sparked off as an online encounter – an email trail about...
View ArticleDoctor Manjula’s Prescription – A History of British Sign Language
When Thomas Tillsye and Ursula Russell married in Leicester in February 1575, Thomas made his wedding vows in sign. Unknowingly, they were presented with a timeless wedding present – their marriage...
View ArticlePanopticon – under the curator’s gaze
Written by Harriet Lloyd (Masters student at the UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies) Ever get the feeling you’re being watched? Drawing back the heavy grey curtains and stepping into the...
View ArticleNEOShield – the program the dinosaurs wish they’d had
Written by Joanne Leonard, a current PhD student at Imperial College London. Joanne is a science communication intern at the European Planetary Science Congress which is taking place at UCL. In...
View ArticleScientists, MPs, and NASA directors flock to Parliament to discuss planetary...
Written by Katrine Iversen, a current student at UCL and a European Planetary Science Congress science communication intern. It’s packed in Parliamentary Committee Room 11 as the first Policy Meeting...
View ArticleNarrowing our search for life on Mars
Written by Cassy Fiford, a recent graduate from UCL and a science communication intern at the European Planetary Science Congress. What might Martian life look like? Not like little green men,...
View ArticleChina’s self-identity as a modern civilisation
Written by Bobby Xinyue (UCL Greek & Latin) How can the translation of a single word sum up the cultural history of a nation? In the inaugural lecture of the Centre for Research into Dynamics of...
View ArticleProfessional Services Conference
The inaugural Professional Services Conference took place on Monday, 16 June. The afternoon consisted of a series of presentations and panel discussions followed by an awards ceremony for staff and...
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